FortiGate Job Trends in the South East

Fortinet FortiGate
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring FortiGate skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 277 255
Rank change year-on-year +28 -22 +141
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 21 29 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.32% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.43% 2.94% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 21 23 35
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,875 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +7.69% -30.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £59,000 £63,750
90th Percentile - £67,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% +5.26%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 612 988 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.90% 11.00% 12.28%
Number of salaries quoted 406 538 903
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FortiGate relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

FortiGate job vacancy trend in the South East

FortiGate
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FortiGate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for FortiGate in the South East

FortiGate
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +22 11 £75,000 +50.00% 1
Thames Valley +12 5 £53,065 -5.24% 1
Berkshire -5 4 £53,065 -5.24% 1
Surrey - 3 £80,000 -
Sussex - 2 £42,500 -
Oxfordshire +18 1 £67,500 +12.50%
FortiGate
England

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (85.71%) Firewall
2 14 (66.67%) BGP
3 12 (57.14%) VPN
3 12 (57.14%) Wireless
4 10 (47.62%) LAN
4 10 (47.62%) MPLS
5 9 (42.86%) OSPF
6 8 (38.10%) SD-WAN
6 8 (38.10%) WAN
7 7 (33.33%) VXLAN
8 3 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (14.29%) VLAN
8 3 (14.29%) Wireshark
9 2 (9.52%) Network Security
9 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
10 1 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (4.76%) IPsec
10 1 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Amazon RDS
General
1 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Cisco Consultant
2 7 (33.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
2 7 (33.33%) Consultant
2 7 (33.33%) Network Consultant
2 7 (33.33%) WAN Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Administrator
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Network Administrator
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) IT Support
4 2 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior IT Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior IT Support
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Network Management
1 7 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
3 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 3 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (14.29%) High Availability
3 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 3 (14.29%) Network Design
3 3 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (14.29%) Non-Blocking Code
3 3 (14.29%) Physics
3 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (14.29%) Workflow
3 3 (14.29%) Workflow Management
4 2 (9.52%) Migration
4 2 (9.52%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) CCNP
1 9 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.52%) Firmware
1 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Cisco
2 14 (66.67%) Fortinet
3 9 (42.86%) Meraki
4 3 (14.29%) Arista
4 3 (14.29%) Aruba
4 3 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (14.29%) Juniper
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 3 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 2 (9.52%) F5
5 2 (9.52%) SolarWinds
5 2 (9.52%) SonicWALL
5 2 (9.52%) Veeam
5 2 (9.52%) VMware
5 2 (9.52%) WatchGuard